B959 crash in Dundee City on 31 October 2011 at 14:50 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Citroen C5 were involved in a crash on the B959 in Dundee City at 14:50 on Monday 31 October 2011. The 38-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and the 49-year-old male driver of the Citroen C5 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2011
- Monday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Citroen C5
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.47338, longitude -2.92752, in the DD4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dundee. It is one of the crashes that make up the East End, Dundee City, DD4 7RW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dundee City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011930003231
- Council area
- Dundee City
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 959
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 January 2017.
Serious
Car crash on the B959 in Dundee City, 30 January 2017
2 m awayRef 2017930000048
Slight
Fiat Scudo crash on the B959 in Dundee City, 21 January 2008
10 m awayRef 2008930001063
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B959 in Dundee City, 24 May 2022
12 m awayRef 2022991180935
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B959 in Dundee City, 7 January 2017
14 m awayRef 2017930000010
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on an unclassified road in Dundee City, 12 April 2011
28 m awayRef 2011930001287
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B959 in Dundee City, 3 January 2015
29 m awayRef 2015930000148
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,521 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Citroen C5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C5)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2011930003231 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dundee City road accident statistics for 2011.